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<p>[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 300875, member: 2972"]After further review, I'm not so sure that the doubling you see is evidence of repunching, as all examples of he coin I could find show this artifact (actually looks like Longacre doubling), so I now suspect that this letter shadow is evidence of the original die sinking and not a repunching of the lettering. But honestly, I'm not sure which....</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, it is caused by the punching of the lettering, and not any strike doubling or other doubling...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 300875, member: 2972"]After further review, I'm not so sure that the doubling you see is evidence of repunching, as all examples of he coin I could find show this artifact (actually looks like Longacre doubling), so I now suspect that this letter shadow is evidence of the original die sinking and not a repunching of the lettering. But honestly, I'm not sure which.... Regardless, it is caused by the punching of the lettering, and not any strike doubling or other doubling...Mike[/QUOTE]
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